Until today, skin, brain, and all tissues of the human body were difficult to observe in detail with an optical microscope, ...

Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

Advanced light microscopy techniques have come into their own — and are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in disease ...

Electron microscopes are used to visualize the structure of solids, molecules, or nanoparticles with atomic resolution. However, most materials are not static. Rather, they interact, move, and ...

High-resolution light microscope reveals the fundamental mechanisms of nerve communication ... many questions of nerve function remained unanswered. In contrast, ...

Light-weight microscope captures large-scale brain activity of mice on the move. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 / 240626151913.htm ...

Light microscopes have been evolving for centuries. Scientists use light microscopy to illuminate the most intricate biological structures. However, unraveling the complex details and architecture ...

For the first time, scientists have peered into living cells and created videos showing how they function with unprecedented 3D detail. Using a special microscope and new lighting techniques, a ...